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focus
focus in optics, the point at which rays converge after reflection by a concave mirror or refraction by a convex lens , also known as a real focus. The point from which rays appear to diverge after reflection by a convex mirror or refraction by a concave lens is known as a virtual focus. See im... Read more
parabola
parabola , plane curve consisting of all points equidistant from a given fixed point (focus) and a given fixed line (directrix) (see illustration) . It is the conic section cut by a plane parallel to one of the elements of the cone. The axis of a parabola is the line through the focus perpendic... Read more
Wilt Chamberlain
Wilt Chamberlain (Wilton Norman Chamberlain), 1936-99, American basketball player, b. Philadelphia. At the Univ. of Kansas he was a two-time All-American center. During 14 seasons in the National Basketball Association, "Wilt the Stilt" (over 7 ft 1 in./216 cm) led the league in scoring seven c... Read more
National Academy of Sciences
National Academy of Sciences with headquarters in Washington, D.C., a private organization of leading American scientists and engineers devoted to the furtherance of science and its use for the general welfare. The Academy was founded in 1863; there are presently about 2,000 members. Members are el... Read more
Madison: Introduction
Madison: Introduction The capital of Wisconsin, Madison is also the seat of Dane County and the focus of a metropolitan statistical area that includes the entire county. The city was founded as the state capital, where no other permanent settlement had previously existed, on a unique geographic sit... Read more
Philip Ainsworth Means
Philip Ainsworth Means 1892-1944, American historian and archaeologist, b. Boston. An assistant on a Yale expedition to Peru (1914-15), he was later (1920-21) director of the National Museum of Archaeology at Lima, Peru. He traveled widely in Latin American countries, and between 1921 and 1932 he w... Read more
Hamilton
Hamilton city (1990 est. pop. 3,100), capital of Bermuda , on Bermuda Island. It is a port at the head of Great Sound, a huge lagoon and deepwater harbor protected by coral reefs. The city is the focus of Bermuda's commercial and social life and is a major tourist resort. ... Read more
astigmatism
astigmatism , type of faulty vision caused by a nonuniform curvature in the refractive surfaces—usually the cornea, less frequently the lens—of the eye. As a result, light rays do not all come to a single focal point on the retina. Instead, some focus on the retina while others focus in ... Read more
Consett
Consett , town (1991 pop. 33,433), Durham, NE England. The major economic focus is on engineering. The town has associations with the Roman, Saxon, and Norman conquests. A German colony of swordmakers settled in Consett in the 17th cent. ... Read more
George Alfred Henty
George Alfred Henty 1832-1902, English author. Initially a war correspondent, he later wrote boys' adventure tales that were very popular. Henty's books all focused on an ideal of manly virtue. They include The Young Bugler (1880) and With Clive in India (1884). ... Read more

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Combat Effectiveness
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Military History ...afterlife that favors slain warriors, fate, sexual and biological imperatives, loot, and national patriotism . Not until the...and psychologists. Despite a brief confidence that unit...be seen, first, as only a part of a general framework of military effectiveness. National defense ... Read more
Japan, Intelligence and Security
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Espionage, Intelligence, and Security ...and economics. United by a strong imperial government...the twentieth century. The nation's defeat by Allied forces during World War II led to a period of United States...the international stage as a democratized and economically robust nation. In 1997, the Japanese government unveiled ... Read more
Japanese art
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...the islands that make up the nation of Japan. Early Works The...process (lacquer applied to a solid core of wood or lacquered...imitation and rolled upon a rod when not in view. The...hands, usually illustrates a narrative with progressive...tradition of painting (based on national rather ... Read more

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Winged warriors: a tribute to military aviators.(aviation casualties in US Armed Forces since 1917)
Magazine article from: VFW Magazine; 11/1/2003; 350 words ; ...instrumental role in the nation's defense starting with...But far too often, the focus has been on the machine...lives using aircraft as a means of protecting...only the nearly 64,000 warriors of the skies who were killed as a result of enemy action...sacrifice. VFW salutes the ... Read more
Leuluai can't wait for Warriors start.
Newspaper article from: Lancashire Evening Post (Preston, England); 12/19/2006; 331 words ; ...Leuluai hopes his move to Wigan Warriors can help relaunch his international...18-year-old against Australia in a 2003 Test. But he has not been...selectors sat down to pick a side for the recent Tri-Nations Series. But Leuluai believes...the last couple of seasons - a broken ankle, ... Read more
Joint and expeditionary focus: Army gets there fast but not alone.(Of Interest)
Magazine article from: Army Communicator; 6/22/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...Congress that the Army is part of a Joint force, but he has given Training and Doctrine Command a long-term directive to architect a campaign that will get Soldiers to embody a Joint and expeditionary mindset. A Joint and expeditionary Army with a campaign quality is one of the ... Read more
Who's who in U.S. Special Operations Forces. (Unconventional Warriors).
Magazine article from: National Defense; 2/1/2002; 700+ words ; ...3 percent of the nation's defense budget...The Rangers are a special operations...in the U.S. Army. A Ranger unit is proficient...and 20th) in the National Guard, each with a specific regional focus. Other special operations...is known as the nation's foremost ... Read more
Suffer in Silence.(Book Review)
Newspaper article from: Reviewer's Bookwatch; 2/1/2005; ; 497 words ; ...to Navy SEALs. These silent warriors are the focus of dozens of books, documentaries...games. To make his mark in a crowded field, new author...I never lost interest. In a particularly vivid scene at...rest of the class engages in a violent melee below. Reid...unfolding in the pool. Wielded ... Read more
Bill Clinton and the new American foreign policy. (Column)
Magazine article from: USA Today (Magazine); 1/1/1993; ; 700+ words ; ...not begin until the Cold Warriors had left behind the reins...following World War II. The past focus of American and Soviet foreign...military might on behalf of a worldwide concept. Whether...was democracy or communism, a free market or socialist...of state agendas. The new focus of the ... Read more
The Chemical Corps of the future--from apprentice to CBRN expert.
Magazine article from: CML Army Chemical Review; 1/1/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) warriors of tomorrow. The Chemical Corps needs a document that defines the...implementation document would focus Corps efforts and help transform Soldiers into the CBRN warriors that our field commanders...complete missions. To develop a branch of highly ... Read more
Letter from the Editor.(Mail: Call)(Editorial)(Brief article)
Magazine article from: Soldiers Magazine; 2/1/2007; 197 words ; WHILE the nation's focus is understandably on the ongoing...Soldiers are also serving in a variety of other crisis areas...areas in terms of America's national security is the Korean peninsula...Heike Hasenauer, brings us a series of articles about the...Steve Harding's Aiding Wounded ... Read more
"I sing of arms and the man." (the ghosts of war).(adapted from War, Literature, and the Arts: An International Journal of the Humanities)(Cover Story)
Magazine article from: The Humanist; 11/1/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...I lost it to a soldier and a foeman, A chap who did not kill me...destruction had long since made mano a mano heroism all but irrelevant...trenches of World War I and wrote a poem about a gassed comrade, he incorporated a remark by the Roman poet Horace...est Pro patria mori. ... Read more
32nd IS hosts first 'Warrior Day'.(News)(32nd Intelligence Squadron)
Magazine article from: Spokesman Magazine; 1/1/2005; ; 439 words ; ...Day was intended to focus Airmen and their...obstacle course, a Jeopardy-like game...aid and buddy care, a simulated mine field...grenade toss and a six-mile run (Blue Knights Run) with a flak vest and rubber...foremost Airmen are warriors. It's all about teamwork...Force family. As ... Read more